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INDEX. 



Lvmexvloiiidse, the, 330. 

 Lytta, description of, 321. 326. 



M. 



Jlachla, heterogeneous form of, 270. 



IMacraspis, '215. 



Macroceplialus, 122. 



Magilis, 2-'. 



Maggots, of, 57. 61. 



Malachius, 324. 



Malacodermes, or soft Coleoptera, 

 115. 197.202. Circle of the, 255. 

 Account of this winged tribe of 

 beetles, chap, xi., 318. 



Malthinus, elytra and eyes of, 324. 



Maraestra, Ui). 



Man, lessons to be derived by him 

 from the evidences of nature, 82. 

 3+2. 353. 393. 



Mandibulata, typical class of Co. 

 leoptera, 45. 55. 56. 146. 196. 



Manticora, 260. 



Mantids, the, 127. 



Mantina;, the, 344—347. 



Mantis, 344. 378. W Carolina, de- 

 scribed, 346. Sea Mantises, 391. 



Mantispa, 344. 



Mask of insects, 56. 339. 



Mason bees, the, 165. 



May flies, 354. 



Megacephala, 260. Chalybea, 260. 



Megachil,a universality of, 165. 



Megasomina, Hercules, 232. 



Megasoininje, or horned beetles, 

 210. 215. 231. Arboreal, 232. 



Melecta, 165, 166. 



Mellipona, 169. 



Meloe, elytra of, 321. doubt upon its 

 larva, 327. 



Melolontha alopex, 218. M. vul- 

 garis, 192. 217. 



Melolonthidae, or tree beetles, 210. 



Melolonthina^, 217,218. 



Melyrins, the sub-family, 324. 



Membracis spinosa, 138. 172. 



Menenottis, 119. 



Merocoris, 119. 



Meropachys, 119. 



Mesotrichia, of Africa, 167. 



Metamorphosis : — Of Ptilota, 8—11. 

 36,47. Of Cirrhipedes, 36. Of 

 moths, 103. Of annulose ani- 

 mals, their chief distinction, 51. 

 Variations of — obtect, coarctate, 

 incomplete, semi-complete, 52. 55, 

 56. Three stages of, 64—74. &c. 

 Reflections on the nature and 

 wonders of entomological, chap, 

 iii., 82. Other instances of ento- 

 mological, 113. 151. 336. 



Mima, 110. 



Microphysa pse>aphoidcs, 121. 



Millipedes, of, 53. 150. 



Miltogramma, 162. 



Miris, 121. 



Mites, or Acaridx, 385. 



Molluris, 281. 



MoUusca, certain insects that bear 

 affinity to the, 7, 22.27.30. Ana- 

 logies with, 35, 36. 



Monilicornes, tribe of Coleoptera, 

 1 15. 202—206. General view of, 

 chap. X., 309. Analogies 'of the 

 families of, 311. 



Monoculos, 392. 



Monoculi, tribes of, 37. Bivalve, or 

 Ostracoda, 38. 



Mordella, account of, 321— 32S. 



Mordellida;, of the,332. 



Mormolyce, 261. 



Moth cicadas, the, 127. 130. 134. 



Moths, of, 60. 77, 78. 86. 108. De- 

 nominations of, 77. 10.5, 106. 



Muscidae, comprehensive tribe of 

 the, 375, 37a 



Museum, the British, 1S3, 184. 



Mutilla, tvjiical genus, 176. 



MutiUida?; the, 152. 154. 175. 



Mygale,382. 



Mvgnimia, 179. 



Mvlabris, of the East, 32a 



Myriapoda, 19. 53. 386. 



Myrmecia, of New Holland, 173. 



Myrmecoleontins, the, 339. 



Myrmus miriformis. 120. 



Mystacides, 355. 



Myxine, 5, 6. 19. 26. 



Myzine, 179. 



N. 



Nabis lividus, 124. 



Nais, 23. 



Natorial, or natatorial conforma- 

 tion, 60. 140., &c. 



Naucoris, 125. 



Necrodes, 266. 



Necrophagus, butyfngheelles, 266. 



Necrophori, the typical, 267. 



NecydalinsB, sub-family of, 295. 

 Analogies of the, 297. 



Necydalis, 295. N. major, 296. 



Neides, of Latreille, 120. 



Nematoidea, this order without 

 perceptible joints, 27. 



Nenioptera, the long-winged, 341. 



Nepa, 125. 



Nepada;, the, 129. 



Nephelys, 21. 



Nephritomma, 181. 



Nephtys, 25. 



Nepidae, group of, 125. 140. 



Nereids, 18. The feet 'umished 

 with cirrhi, 25. 



Nereidina, head distinct, 26. 



Nereis margaritacea, 19. 



